Dear Jan, unfortunately, flying VFR in Ukraine with an UL having german registration was a great adventure even for me, citisen of Ukraine! But things can eventually change soon, my flight was an interesting precedent. My friends Ukrainian pilots are now preparing a letter to the president of Ukraine with an appeal to modify the rules.
>I was under the impression that Russian is, err, a bit _out_ these days?
Russian language is the native one for about a half of the ukrainian population. I can speak and write ukrainian, but the native language remains, it cannot be influenced by political changes. Also there are much more people in the world who understand Russian as compared with Ukrainian.
Igor is my given name, ikono is my nick. I do not think I find enough motivation to translate my long story in English. Hopefully, the story is soon outdated. One month ago my flight at 600m with a german UL would sound unbelievable.